Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a green vest and prefers white and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her gold crest is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aasathra wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: Standing 3'9", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Baker, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Fargrim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Jet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears just a grey suit. With bright white hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She uses divination through singing.

History: She got into the Sage business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Nelkin was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nelkin decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter, marred by sweets. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is physically well-built. She has moderate length silver hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown fur is matted, messy, and big. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Skirt studied abroad. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 sp.